Sandals Barbados

We were there the first week of June w 3 couples - stayed in the Crystal Lagoon Swim Up room w Patio Tranquility soaking tub. This is the 3rd Sandals trip with this group - and this has been our favorite room. Just being able to swim out and meet everyone to hang out in our own private pool. Used mostly at night for a last few drinks, but one day ordered room service lunch and just had a great time. Make your dinner reservations the first day - you can only reserve La Parisienne and Butchs once a week (you can try to squeeze in that day if any openings ) - but those are a MUST! But anywhere we ate, we had a great time. We stumbled upon Bombay for a breakfast buffet - WOW what a hidden gem. Never crowded, the server Rhonda was amazing - she saw us and just pointed to our usual table - brought the drinks and coffee - and food was great. Spa - I did a 90 minute with Abigail....Amazing! This was the BEST massage I have had in a long time. My two friends were also very impressed with their masseuses...normally its a standard nice but forgettable massage at Red Lane Spa - but these ladies knew their craft. My head and feet have never felt so good - and did not tangle my hair either. The pools were very nice - plenty of places to pick from. Even a roottop pool. Now the downside...because of all the seaweed (sargassum) - you could not use the beach. There was a sign saying Sandals was not responsible for guests beyond this point. No water sports - my husband went scuba diving and had to be driven to another part of the island. I like to go to Carrribean resorts for the beautiful blue oceans...this did NOT have that so a big dissapointment. That was my only negative about the whole trip (a big one...floating in the salt water sea is the best), but none the less, we had a great time!

From the time we arrived the fun and enjoyment started. The tranquil views and lovely gardens just say to you come and relax. The food was amazing as well. I really enjoyed my stay as Sandals Barbados Royal.

I enjoyed my stay. Patricia and Alisha started our day at breakfast with a smile and wonderful energy. Melissa and Shaniqua assisted with our transportation. DaShanta in concierge services worked above and beyond for our dinner and night experience. Jason gave us a great send off before we left the resort. As is known, nothing is 100%, but this resort strives for it!

If you're thinking of staying here, one piece of advice id like to give you PLEASE DON'T. A can not think of a more overrated place to stay. We had 4 nights here before picking up a cruise. We paid somewhere in the region of 1K a night for a butler serviced room. What a waste of money. The "butler" was useless, didn't book us any of our preferred restaurants and we never heard from him for the rest of our stay, but he sure made certain he turned up for his tip when we checked out ( after failing to arrange our luggage was collected) the majority of he staff at the resort are miserable and unhelpful (there are one or two that are not but few and far between) There are much better resorts on than this, please don't waste your money.

Shanice, Nicola, Denese, and Elsa were incredible. Not only personable, but incredible at their jobs, checking in consistently, and making it so simple for us to not have to lift a finger the entire trip. I could not recommend them and the resort more. 10/10 experience!!!!